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Annie Searle

@riskdetective.bsky.social

Operational risk consultant on critical infrastructure, risk, cyber, ethics, and leadership | Author of “Advice From a Risk Detective” & “Risk Reconsidered” | Public speaker, UW emeritus associate teaching professor | www.anniesearle.com

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ASA News & Notes — ASA ASA News & Notes includes a monthly column from Annie Searle, a well as new research notes from ASA's Institute for Risk and Innovation, as well as links to other risk-related news, events and researc...

www.anniesearle.com/newsletter

Here's our September newsletter, 24 years after 9/ll, looking at some of the 9/11 Commission recommendations and intentions against today's backdrop. "Chaos is not policy."

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ASA News & Notes — ASA ASA News & Notes includes a monthly column from Annie Searle, a well as new research notes from ASA's Institute for Risk and Innovation, as well as links to other risk-related news, events and researc...

www.anniesearle.com/newsletter

Here’s our August newsletter with my column titled “Everything is For Sale.”

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Autumn is coming.

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Opinion | The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions

The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o.... Good job, Editorial Board!

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Brave employees at our Department of State. May they be protected.

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ASA News & Notes — ASA ASA News & Notes includes a monthly column from Annie Searle, a well as new research notes from ASA's Institute for Risk and Innovation, as well as links to other risk-related news, events and researc...

www.anniesearle.com/newsletter

Here's our July issue of ASA News & Notes, including a column in which I look at the consequences of ignorant cuts to personnel and budget at FEMA and at the National Weather Service.

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Seattle woman's company specializes in pandemics KING 5 TV Seattle.mp4
YouTube video by anniesearle Seattle woman's company specializes in pandemics KING 5 TV Seattle.mp4

16 years later…

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Diane Arbus, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Diane Arbus, Everything Everywhere All at Once www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/a...
An unforgettable photographer’s work at the Armory this summer.

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Now is the Time. — ASA No matter how many column inches are written about the Trump administration to analyze its behavior, the facts do not change and they lead to an inescapable conclusion, best summarized by Bruce Spri...

Here's the unadorned column, so relevant as we watch or participate in events this week.

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ASA News & Notes — ASA ASA News & Notes includes a monthly column from Annie Searle, a well as new research notes from ASA's Institute for Risk and Innovation, as well as links to other risk-related news, events and researc...

Here's our June newsletter, with a column from me titled "Now is the Time."

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Never forget.

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Beyond the Pale — ASA Most of what I’m writing about this month is beyond the pale, which means actions that are “bizarre, outside the bounds of civilized behavior.” The behavior of the Trump administration is corrupt an...

Here's this month's ASA column, "Beyond the Pale." At the bottom of the column, you'll find a link to my April column, which I neglected to post earlier. It's called "The Consequences of Chaos."

Thank you to all those who have written me with your comments and encouragement.

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Picture of Sandy in the top half and picture of Nicola in the bottom half. The following text is in the center: “Mover and Shakers ‘25: Change Agents”

Picture of Sandy in the top half and picture of Nicola in the bottom half. The following text is in the center: “Mover and Shakers ‘25: Change Agents”

Library Journal has recognized the iSchool's Sandy Littletree and MLIS alum Nicola Andrews as 2025 Movers and Shakers in the “Change Agents” category!🎉🥳

Read more about their recognition here: bit.ly/437jWX8

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It all makes more sense when you realize DOGE was never about saving Americans money. It was about gaining access to your data and building a weaponized political machine to use against the public.

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ASA News & Notes — ASA ASA News & Notes includes a monthly column from Annie Searle, a well as new research notes from ASA's Institute for Risk and Innovation, as well as links to other risk-related news, events and researc...

www.anniesearle.com/newsletter

Our April ASA newsletter, with my column titled "The Consequences of Chaos."

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CISA Cuts: What They Might Mean for Cyber Defense for All U.S. CISA cuts come amid budget pressures and evolving threat landscapes with far-reaching impacts across multiple levels of the cybersecurity ecosystem.
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First passport photo.

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Opinion | Trump’s Gulag Archipelago Trump is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

Lack of due process has predictable results.

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Opinion | The Constitutionalists: John Roberts and Donald Trump Many of the president’s actions align with the chief justice’s efforts to restore the U.S. government’s structural integrity.

www.wsj.com/opinion/the-.... One of two significant pieces. in today’s WSJ.

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Opinion | Trump Toys With the Supreme Court Taunting John Roberts is a lousy strategy to persuade the Justices.

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And the other, an editorial.

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Hurtling through space and time. Watercolor 2024.

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Congratulations Sean!

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Welcome Spring! Show us your stuff.

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#1: Annie Searle Resilience Rising | Cyber Resilience with Sean Costigan · Episode

I found this Red Sift podcast on an early Blue Sky post this morning. Corporate governance, risk management, the role of boards, and regulatory agencies loom large in the conversation with Sean.

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Take Action To Save Federal Funding for Libraries! Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. We need you to take action today! That's why we made it easy to contact your reps, sign petitions, and learn about the Institute of Museum...

Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries.

EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today!

action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

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Gift of The Estate of Joan Mitchell

Gift of The Estate of Joan Mitchell

Joan Mitchell, No Rain, 1976

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135452

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Gift of Philip Johnson

Gift of Philip Johnson

Mark Rothko, No. 10, 1950

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134686

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Vetheuil

Vetheuil

Vetheuil, 1880

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Will the Center Hold? — ASA “Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and ev...

This morning's newsletter column, with an explanation of an allusion.

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ASA News & Notes — ASA ASA News & Notes includes a monthly column from Annie Searle, a well as new research notes from ASA's Institute for Risk and Innovation, as well as links to other risk-related news, events and researc...

This month's newsletter column is titled "Will the Center Hold?"

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